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• The Razer Blade 14 (2025) is on sale now starting at $2,000.
• It's a gorgeous laptop that redefines portability for gaming machines.
• However, the ultraportable form factor results in trade-offs when it comes to performance and upgradability.

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The Blade 16 has been Razer's flagship gaming laptop for years, but the thinner, sleeker design on 2025's Blade 14 (the thinnest Blade model yet) gives nothing short of a stunning first impression.

The new model is 11% thinner and 11% lighter than its predecessor, weighing just 3.5 pounds and 0.6 inches thick, with a slick, matte black finish that looks and feels premium. The form challenges the brand's own aesthetic with a device that looks more like a Dell XPS 14 or MacBook Pro than a gaming laptop. 

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